TCNJ Video

MUSE Program

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TCNJ undergraduate students spend eight weeks in residence at The College of New Jersey during the summer, conducting research or engaging in creative activity in mentored collaboration with TCNJ faculty.

The program funds research stipends and on-campus housing for the students, and consists of a vibrant mix of ideas and projects in the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Sciences, and in the professional disciplines of Engineering, Education, Business, and Nursing/Health/Exercise Science.

MUSE includes a coordinated program of intellectual and social activities to build an exciting community of scholars that reaches across all academic disciplines.

2009 Videos

Religion and Health in the U.S.: An Economic Perspective

Professor Donka Mirtcheva and Marcelo Rivera '11 studied the relationship between different factors of religion and health in the US by age group.

A 3-D Tomographic Investigation of the Upper Mantle Beneath Tuscany

Professor Maggie Benoit, Kelly Liszweski '10 and Megan Torpey '11 collaborated on two seismology projects. They studied the upper mantle below Northern Italy for active subduction zones, which produce large earthquakes, and they set up seismic stations in nearby states to collect new data.

Classifying Online Captioned Television Documentaries for Use as an Instructional Tool to Teach Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Professor Barbara Strassman, Hillary MacDonald '10 and Lindsay Wanko '10 analyzed captioned video content to create resources for educators of deaf and hard of hearing students.

Broadening Participation in Computing via Community Journalism for Middle Schoolers

Professors Ursula Wolz, Kim Pearson and Monisha Pulimood and six undergraduate students hosted the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers this summer.

Comparing Memory Functioning in Younger and Older Adults

Professor Tamra Bireta and Stacey Diana '10 studied short-term memory functioning in younger and older adults to analyze ways that short-term memory changes with healthy aging.

Investigating the Listening and Singing Skills of High School Students

Professor Susan Guerrini, Jessica Esrig '10 and Charity Luyben '10 examined the listening and singing skills of high school choral students to develop a listening exam. The exam will test students' ability to distinguish correct vocal intonation.

Human Testing of an Orthotic, Assistive Exoskeleton for the Hand

Under the guidance of Professor Brett BuSha, Oluwabunmi Olaloye '10 and Michele Rotella '10 tested the functionality of an exoskeleton built to restore normal pinching and grasping finger motions in human hands.